1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/lang/java/src/com/wiredtiger/db/PackOutputStream.java b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/lang/java/src/com/wiredtiger/db/PackOutputStream.java
index 46b3aef0974..b6804a2992f 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/lang/java/src/com/wiredtiger/db/PackOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/lang/java/src/com/wiredtiger/db/PackOutputStream.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class PackOutputStream {
     protected PackFormatInputStream format;
     protected ByteArrayOutputStream packed;
     protected byte[] intBuf;
+    protected boolean isRaw;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -50,9 +51,21 @@ public class PackOutputStream {
      *               defines the layout of this packed value.
      */
     public PackOutputStream(String format) {
-        this.format = new PackFormatInputStream(format, false);
-        intBuf = new byte[MAX_INT_BYTES];
-        packed = new ByteArrayOutputStream(100);
+        this(format, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * \param format A String that contains the WiredTiger format that
+     *               defines the layout of this packed value.
+     * \param isRaw The stream is opened raw.
+     */
+    public PackOutputStream(String format, boolean isRaw) {
+        this.format = new PackFormatInputStream(format, isRaw);
+        this.intBuf = new byte[MAX_INT_BYTES];
+        this.packed = new ByteArrayOutputStream(100);
+        this.isRaw = isRaw;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -111,7 +124,9 @@ public class PackOutputStream {
     throws WiredTigerPackingException {
         int padBytes = 0;
 
-        format.checkType('U', false);
+        if (!isRaw) {
+            format.checkType('U', false);
+        }
         boolean havesize = format.hasLength();
         char type = format.getType();
         if (havesize) {